Monument record TR 36 NE 566 - Former site of a Second World War pillbox, Manston Road

A Second World War Type 24 (FW3/24) infantry pillbox formerly stood on this site. It was six sided, faced south towards Manston Road and had a y-shaped anti-ricochet wall in the centre. (1)

An evaluation in 2007 did not find any associated trenching. (2)

Description from record TR 36 NE 2011:
Newington, NW of Ramsgate.Pillbox (Sector 7). Cassini ref 805835

Defence site; type uncertain [shown on German map of British defences].

Pillbox (Sector 7). Cassini ref 805835. Newington, NW of Ramsgate. (1)

The site of a former Second World War type 24 pillbox located at TR36206 65696 (135m NE of stated location) and visible on aerial photographs. The pillbox has now been removed, but was situated on the north side of the Ramsgate to Staner Hill road within wartime allotment gardens. (2)

Historic England archive material: DEB01 Defence of Britain This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs

<1> The Historic Environment Consultancy, 2007, Building Recording: Pillbox, Manston Road Allotments, Ramsgate (Unpublished document). SKE17862.

<2> , Sheet (Blatt) 1/37 (Cartographic materials). SKE13157.

<2> Archaeology South-East, 2009, Archaeological Investigations at the Former Allotments Site, Manston Road, Ramsgate, Kent: Post-excavation Assessment and Project Design for Publication (Unpublished document). SKE17961.

<3> Unknown, 1940, List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks (Unpublished document). SKE13159.